Wow...Elite I hope! Gotta say last night on this thread is the most fun I've had in a while here.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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And none of those are the incoming freshman recruiting class? That means 7-8 new players on the roster with the 3 freshman.
nope. it includes 3 transfers and a certain 2022 pg
This is kind of exciting IMHO! The current roster, while it's certainly been successful the last three seasons, hasn't gotten over the hump in the NCAA Tournament. I'm ready to see what Underwood and staff can do with the roster to improve our odds on that front.
Skyy Clark would be a HUGE addition (2022 PG). Caleb Love would bring an instant-impact combo guard with a fiery personality that should help (if rumors out there are true). I'm really curious what frontcourt transfer Illinois is looking to add. That could take this team from top-20 to Final-4 contender.
Sounds like breaking news is coming soon…
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
ALWAYS!!!
It already is a pattern. 3+ transfers ever year is the norm for every team across the country
Agree. It kinda flies in the face of what Underwood said earlier this year about building through Freshman recruits and having a sustainable culture.
sacraig
- The desert
Landing that certain 2022 PG would sure help take the sting away from hypothetically losing a different PG.
I have a hard time thinking we add 3-4 transfers considering we have 3 talented freshmen and 3 coming in that need time to develope.
COhawk and Melendez need minutes at the 3-4 spot. Don't think Kofi returns, time to develop as a pro.
Believe a more disciplined Andre starts as PG. Possibly bring in a scoring combo guard. Payne struggled and didn't catch on fast enough. Payne lacks natural bball instincts and fundamentals are lacking. Hope he succeeds.
COhawk and Melendez need minutes at the 3-4 spot. Don't think Kofi returns, time to develop as a pro.
Believe a more disciplined Andre starts as PG. Possibly bring in a scoring combo guard. Payne struggled and didn't catch on fast enough. Payne lacks natural bball instincts and fundamentals are lacking. Hope he succeeds.
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
A 6'5" shooting guard rated as the top player in Ohio and a multiple Champion, yeah that's the ticket.
St. Vincent-St. Mary’s Sencire Harris leads cleveland.com Fab 50 boys basketball all-stars
Meet the all-area boys basketball teams, led by the Illinois recruit, and including the coach of the year.www.cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sencire Harris of St. Vincent-St. Mary is the cleveland.com boys basketball Player of the Year after leading the Fighting Irish to their second straight OHSAA state championship in Division II.
The 6-foot-5 senior guard is headed to Illinois on scholarship. With a left-handed shooting touch (he sometimes scored with his right, too), Harris dominated the perimeter for a team that did not lose to another Northeast Ohio team and finished as cleveland.com’s top-ranked squad regardless of division.
Excited to watch this young man team with our bulldog PG Epps. No problem getting his shot off.
Well, technically you can. Baylor's championship roster last year had 4 key contributors that were transfers. Houston this year started 4 or 5 transfers. There is a real chance that like 9 of the 15-17 contributors from the last 2 national champions (Houston is the odds on favorite now, I believe) were transfer players.
So we still practicing patience?
You are making a lot of assumptions about who is staying. These days recruiting isn't the only thing that's "fluid".
Hoopster
- Peoria, IL in a van down by the river
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- Chicago
If I'm correctly reading between the lines of this thread, you're in for a number of surprises this off-season.
Ask any UNC fan, Caleb Love absolutely does not have that kind of personality. He can score in bunches but his effort and heart have been under question all year. Don’t know what rumors you’ve heard but its gotta be about 5% chance he’d come here, with the remainder being Mizzou or going pro.
Did I miss the Caleb Love talk, or was it scrubbed?
Yeah but we're already over our scholarship number by two with the class coming in. That means for 4 to come in, 6 would need to leave. That's....a lot.
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